Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted a ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, a group that was designated as a terrorist ...

The Russian court’s move was a diplomatic victory for the Taliban, who were put on Moscow’s list of terrorist organisations ...

Russia on Thursday suspended its ban on the Taliban, which it had designated for more than two decades as a terrorist ...

Up to three million Afghans were estimated to have been killed by the time the Soviets withdrew in 1989. The Taliban, which ...

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday lifted its long-standing ban on Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, removing the group from its ...

The court's ruling on a request by Russia's Prosecutor General's Office followed last year's adoption of a law stipulating ...

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed ...

Russia on Thursday removed the Taliban's label as a "terrorist organisation" in a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's rulers. The decision does not amount to formal ...

Sources say half a million US weapons obtained by the Taliban have been lost, sold or smuggled to militant groups.

Russia has formally removed the Taliban from its list of designated terrorist organisations, officially recognising it has ...